Meet Hungary’s Lazy Women challenging our obsession with productivity
One year ago, as the world was adjusting to the spread of a new virus and unprecedented government shutdowns andContinue Reading
Tag: Gender equality
Poland to introduce adoption ban for gay people, even as single parents
Warsaw, Poland – People living in same-sex couples will be banned from adopting children even as single parents, the PolishContinue Reading
“I’d like to see the Czech Republic accept gender inequality as an issue”
Prague, Czech Republic – For International Women’s Day, an interview with Hana Stelzerová – Director of the Czech Women’s LobbyContinue Reading
Hungarian goalkeeper Gulacsi condemns adoption ban for LGBT couples
Budapest, Hungary – Peter Gulacsi, the Hungarian goalkeeper of RB Leipzig, condemned a law that effectively bans LGBT couples fromContinue Reading
Polish LGBT activist ranked in TIME’s “100 emerging leaders”
Warsaw, Poland – Polish LGBT activist, filmmaker and photographer Bart Staszewski has been chosen by TIME magazine as one ofContinue Reading
Makeshift products & missing school: Period poverty in Hungary
In Hungary, at least 1 in 10 schoolgirls can’t afford sanitary products. With tampon-tax higher than in any EU stateContinue Reading
The architecture of patriarchy: Lessons for (and from) Bratislava
Bratislava, Slovakia – As elsewhere in the world, Slovakia too is seeing its share of people living in cities constantlyContinue Reading
From passive tolerance to acceptance: Czech activists fight to bring LGBT rights out of the closet
Prague, Czech Republic – Regularly branded as the most progressive of the former Eastern Bloc countries, the secular Czech RepublicContinue Reading
Opinion: On women’s empowerment, Hungary’s Katalin Novák lives in another era
Budapest, Hungary – “A woman shouldn’t compare herself to a man every second of her life, and shouldn’t believe sheContinue Reading
Poland and Hungary oppose EU’s foreign policy gender equality agenda
Warsaw, Poland – An EU plan to promote gender equality, women’s empowerment and LGBT rights as part of its foreignContinue Reading
LGBT rights in Slovakia: Any changes on the horizon?
Bratislava, Slovakia – In March 2019, Zuzana Čaputová, became the first female President of Slovakia, with a campaign built onContinue Reading
Hungary, Poland and the alleged promotion of women’s health
Last week, Hungary, like Poland, joined the Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women’s Health and Strengthening the Family along with the United States,Continue Reading
Fifty ambassadors “pay tribute” to LGBTI community in Poland
WARSAW, POLAND – In an open letter coordinated by the Embassy of Belgium, fifty ambassadors and representatives of international organizations inContinue Reading
An interview with Hungarian cinematographer Agnesh Pakozdi
“My body is a war zone where the entire world stages its battles” says the melancholic girl in Aren’t YouContinue Reading
What’s with all the ‘cunt’ talk? An interview with Hungarian artist Miss Pina about reclaiming the female body
Inspired by the Cunt Art movement and its pioneers in the 1970s, PINA Zine (or Cunt Zine in English) isContinue Reading